Seeley Lake Community Foundation

The Seeley Lake Community (SLCF) Foundation is dedicated to improving life in the Seeley Lake area by collecting and distributing funds for community projects.

SLCF was founded in 1999. Three of the eight current directors were founding directors. The Foundation has raised over $300,000 in donations from more than 200 individuals, businesses and foundations. We have invested $90,000 in the community in the form of grants and fiscal sponsorship of two projects. The Foundation has awarded 22 grants in the amount of $49,000 to 17 local organizations. The most successful project was the building of a high visibility playground in the summer of 2006. In addition to small grants and one scholarship, the Foundation seeks to sponsor and fund Leadership Projects similar to the playground.

The Foundation granted $17,500, including a $15,000 Leadership Grant from the Montana Community Foundation, to underwrite the $110,000 playground. Approximately 1000 volunteers built the playground in five days in June 2006. DVD available.

Preliminary Engineering Study for Seeley Lake Sewer Authority: SLCF acted as fiscal agent for this project, raising nearly $30,000 for the study.

You can support the work of the Seeley Lake Community Foundation by sending your check made out to SLCF, PO Box 25, Seeley Lake, MT 59868.

We wish to thank the Montana Community Foundation and the Ortenberg/Claiborne Foundation for their past financial support and the Wetherell/Wills families of Seeley Lake for their gift of land.

The Foundation grants to these broad program areas: arts and culture, environment and conservation, education, basic human needs, scholarship and economic development. Annual grant making totals about $11,000; individual grants range from $500 to a maximum of $2500. We have one grant cycle per year, with applications due June 30th.

For a Scholarship Application, click here. (PDF)
For a Grant Application, click here. (PDF)
 
For information about how to apply, contact SLCF at Box 25, Seeley Lake, MT 59868 or email slcf@blackfoot.net or stop into the Seeley Lake Library.

The Seeley Lake Community Foundation will hold its Annual Dinner Auction August 8, 2009. The 2nd Annual Wine Tasting & Hors d’ oeuvres Social will take place November 12, 2008 . For more information, call 406-677-0247 or e-mail slcf@blackfoot.net.